I ordered a very small piece of 46 count a while ago. After seeing this old Scarlet Letter miniature sampler, I decided its simplicity would be a perfect first attempt. It is to be stitched over one on 25 count resulting in a 2.5" x 4.5" finish. Over two on 46 will be a little larger, not much.
The linen is not what I had hoped, quite thin with very irregular threads. Some as thin as a hair, some thicker than in a 32 weave. Another linen may be very different and a little more uniform, and hopefully easier to work on for beginning a higher count. I could work on the other smalls until a new piece of fabric arrives, but will probably continue with this.
The crack is back! This time at the corner of my nail, so once again, I cut the fingers off an exam glove and my thumb is ...
Last week of March!
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What a lovely sampler you are working on, Marly! Sorry the crack is back, but great solution.
I have readers in several strengths depending on what I am working on. I use the 4 without distortion and that is how I can do my stitching.
Marthanne
I am unable to stitch past 36 ct. Too hard on my eyes. I have tried readers and they dont work for me. That linen is really thin. I have one that is a bit loosy goosy too, but am plodding along with it. Good idea for your thumb. Hope it gets better. Janice
I use readers at 4.5 or 5 strength to stitch on 36. I don't deal with distortion but it is hard to get the chart in the right spot to read it - too much magnification ! Light helps the most. I have that dazor too but it is bulky and hard to position. I often joke that I will soon be stitching on plastic canvas!
Marly look at this Yoctosun on Amazon. Lighted Head magnifier with different interchangable magnifying glasses up to 4.5. The old one has a battery, the newer one is chargable, a few more dollars but probably lighter. Looks like a visor cap. $21.99. Jen
Very impressive GF. I purchased a small piece of 46ct too a while back but never focused on finding something to stitch on it and now I'm not even sure where it is. Story of my life. I have never been fortunate enough to have a Dazor...and wouldn't have the space for it if I did. I have to use a combination of readers and a magnifying light (yup, pretty blind). I really do like my little light. I know you said you don't want anything with an arm, etc. but mine is very lightweight with a posable, bendable, top part to the arm and a very small footprint. It allows me to change my sitting position frequently which I have to do as I cannot sit in one position for more than several minutes at a time. Ouch on the thumb...again. :-( Major storm going on here in Nod...7-11" and high winds causing blowing and drifting...and the kids are in the twin cities and will be traveling back in it. There goes the last of my hair. ~Robin~
Marly: Love the ladder display and basket, I had a Dazor for many years finally died after 26 years of daily use.
Love the new little design so sweet.
So sorry about your thumb, I heard on an entertainment show that stars use olive oil for there feet and hands, she said they soak them for about 10 minutes a couple of days a week, no cracks and smooth feet and hands, I have never tried it.
Catherine🐰
46 count. HOLY HELL! Once I stitched a small sampler on 40 count and it was a struggle with an Ott with a magnifier. Good luck to you. It will be so tiny and sweet.
Ouch on the thumb. May it heal quickly.
I stitch mostly on 24 or 28 count; 46 is out of the question. I can only do that because when I got my last bifocal prescription, I had them make me a pair of readers in my close-up prescription. My sister recommended doing that for reading glasses and they are a great. I got a pair of .5 clip-on magnifiers to put on with them for cross-stitch. That plus my Ott light work even better than the lighted headlamp I'd been using. You can go to amazon and find clip-on magnifiers 3.0, 3.5, even 4.0. I recommend Carson.
A lovely little sampler, but I cann't stitch on that high count even with my reading glasses and magnifier!!!
Hope your thumb will heal quickly.
Take care, Truus from Holland
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